Ticket-holder.



No. 689,765. Patented Dec. 24, I90l.

' n. VINES. TICKET HOLDER.

(Application filed Doc. 18, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID VINES, OF MEOHANIOSVILLE, NEW YORK.

TICKET-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 689,765, dated December 24, 1901. Application filed December 13,1900. Serial No. 39,746. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be itknown that I, DAVID VINES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mechanicsville, in the county of Saratoga and State of New York, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Ticket-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in ticket-holders, and has for its object to provide an attachment for car-seats which will securely hold the tickets of passengers in View and facilitate placingthe tickets therein and also be simple and cheap of construction.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating the preferred embodiment of my invent-ion, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a car-seat having my ticket-holder attached to the top thereof. Fig. 2 is a plan View of my ticketholder. Fig. 3 is a cross-section on the line a a of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a plan view of a blank from which my ticket-holder is constructed; Figs. 5 and 6 are views of modifications;

I construct my device of a blankl by suitably folding .the same upon itself. The upper folded-over portion 2 ispreferably not as wide as the under portion 3 and is turned or curved upward at its edge 2 to facilitate the insertion of the ticket at that side of the device. A portion of the under plate 3, having perforations 3 therein for the-purpose of securing the device to the car-seat by nails, screws, or the like, is exposed by cutting away the corners of the upper plate, as at 2".

The preferably rounded edge 5 has therein a longitudinal slot 6, which enables the conductor to readily place a ticket in the holder. My construction admits of the ticket being extended as far beyond the edge of the holder opposite tothe edge at which it is inserted as,

may be desired in order to securely hold the ticket and prevent injury thereto and guard.

it against being accidentally displaced;

If it is desired, both the upper and lower plates may be coincidently perforated, as shown in Fig. 5, or the upper plate may be extended, as at 7, and perforated,- as shown in Fig.6, for the purpose of securing the de vice in place.

In using my device tickets are to be passed through the slot 6 and between the upper and lower folded portions 2 and 3, respectively. Where it is convenient or, in some instances, necessary, as reversing a seat to enable occupants to face each other, tickets may be inserted from the opposite edge, and to this feature of my construction I attach importance. The attachment is made, preferably, of sp'ringmetal, the edges of which serve to clamp the ticket or tickets.

It will be understood that I do not limit myself to the details of construction herein shown and described; as it is evident that they may be changed or varied without departing from the spirit of my invention;

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters DAVID VINES.

Witnesses:

GEO. B. TRIPP, MAUDE B. KLINSING. 

